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Fenland Infrastructure Delivery Plan February 2016 Fenland Infrastructure Delivery Plan February 2016 Fenland Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) February 2016 1 Contents Section Page 1. Introduction 3 2. What is meant by Infrastructure? 6 3. Evidence Background 8 4. Infrastructure Requirements and Constraints 9 Highways and Transport 10 Road Network 10 Rail Based Transport 12 Cycle and Walking Improvements 13 Car Parking 13 Public Transport and Buses 13 Waterways 13 Market Town Transport Strategies 13 Utilities Infrastructure 15 Water Supply 15 Waste Water 16 Electricity 18 Gas 18 Broadband 18 Flood Risk Management Provision 19 Social and Community Infrastructure 21 Health and Elderly Care Provision 21 Education Provision 21 Community Facilities 25 Culture and Heritage Attractions 25 Emergency Services 26 Open Space and Green Infrastructure 27 5. Potential Funding and Delivery Options 28 6. Monitoring 33 7. Report Summary and Recommendations 33 8. Infrastructure Delivery Schedule 34 2 1 Introduction 1.1 The purpose of the Fenland Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) is to outline the key infrastructure requirements needed or desired to support growth in Fenland up to 2031. The IDP will help to coordinate infrastructure provision and ensure that funding and delivery timescales are closely aligned to those in the Local Plan. It is a living document which will be updated regularly to incorporate changes in project progress or the availability of funding. 1.2 This IDP supersedes the Fenland IDP adopted in February 2013. The previous document mainly set out the high level strategic infrastructure required to support the adoption of the Local Plan. With an adopted plan (May 2014) now in place this updated IDP seeks to provide a basis for the delivery of the policies in that plan. Together with the Council’s adopted Developer Contributions SPD (February 2015), the IDP will be a key tool to aid delivery of infrastructure on the ground during the plan period. The IDP was considered and adopted by Full Council on 25th February 2016. 1.3 The document draws on detailed infrastructure plans and strategies from a wide range of Council services as well as external infrastructure providers to identify what, how and when infrastructure will be delivered. It uses existing published sources as well as and more up-to-date information where this is known. In addition it includes the views of parish, town and district councils as to their priorities for providing infrastructure as part of any growth which comes forward. 1.4 The aim is not to include every infrastructure project being planned in Fenland or to provide a list of all funding opportunities; the primary role of the IDP is to set out the infrastructure projects necessary to help deliver the key policies in the Fenland Local Plan 2014. It therefore does not include all specific on-site requirements – these will be agreed through Broad Concept Plans and master plans and delivered through particular development schemes. 1.5 The Infrastructure Delivery Schedule which forms part of the IDP provides a list of known projects relevant to the delivery of growth and the key policies in the Local Plan, most particularly the proposed urban extensions in and around the four market towns of Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and Wisbech. Where the known infrastructure is essential for the delivery of an urban extension this is described as ‘Critical’. Other infrastructure identified in the schedule is not essential to the delivery of the Local Plan but will assist in providing sustainable growth throughout the District. Further details are provided in Section 8. 1.6 The list in the schedule however is not finite or exhaustive and other infrastructure elements may also be required which are not currently specifically identified. Nonetheless the schedule should provide a basis to allow councillors, officers, agents, developers and the wider public to gain an initial idea of what key infrastructure will be required to help deliver the growth in the district during the plan period to 2031. Role of this document The IDP seeks to: 3 Identify infrastructure needs and costs (including where possible phasing of development, funding sources and responsibilities for delivery); Improve lines of communication between key delivery agencies and the Council, including identifying opportunities for integrated and more efficient service delivery and better use of assets; Be a ‘live’ document that will be used as a tool for guiding and coordinating the delivery of infrastructure; Not cover all site specific items of infrastructure such as new road and cycle networks within new development sites etc. Many of these will be picked up through master planning and pre-application discussions. 1.7 This IDP has two main roles. Its principal role is to support Policy LP13 of the Local Plan – “Supporting and Managing the Impact of a Growing District”. The Local Plan was adopted in May 2014 and accords with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)1 by identifying key items of infrastructure required to implement the objectives and policies in the Plan. 1.8 The NPPF states at paragraph 162 that: Local planning authorities should work with other authorities and providers to: assess the quality and capacity of infrastructure for transport, water supply, wastewater and its treatment, energy (including heat), telecommunications, utilities, waste, health, social care, education, flood risk and coastal change management, and its ability to meet forecast demands; and take account of the need for strategic infrastructure including nationally significant infrastructure within their areas. 1.9 The second main role is to identify and inform other corporate strategies and decisions relating to investment across Fenland. Through identifying where infrastructure is required the Council and other service providers, developers and communities are able to plan, fund and coordinate with increased certainty for the growth as set out in the Local Plan. As Fenland is in a two tier area, the Council’s role in facilitating and securing the delivery of infrastructure will vary for different projects. 1.10 This IDP also seeks to identify funding mechanisms available for infrastructure delivery to inform capital planning and help infrastructure providers apply for funds from elsewhere. Where delivery is uncertain, the Council will be able to work with its partners to implement contingency measures to secure infrastructure to meet the needs of new development. 1.11 The Council has recently adopted (February 2015) a Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which came into effect on 6th April 2015. The SPD sets out the Council’s approach for securing developer contributions from new developments that require planning permission and is available at the following link: http://www.fenland.gov.uk/ChttpHandler.ashx?id=11473&p=0 1 http://communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/nppf 4 1.12 As explained in the SPD the Council will carry out a regular review of the existing infrastructure provision in the district to determine where there are gaps to provision and where additional infrastructure is required to support new development which is provided in this updated IDP. The document therefore links closely with the SPD and sets out the current known infrastructure required to support the policies in the Local Plan. It is intended that the IDP document will be reviewed every two years with the schedule being updated annually as part of the Council’s Authorities Monitoring Report (AMR) process. Structure of the IDP 1.13 There are three main sections to this document: First of all, a narrative exploring the infrastructure needs arising from the growth set out in the Local Plan. Secondly, potential funding mechanisms, viability and monitoring arrangements. Thirdly, a schedule of infrastructure projects, including responsibilities, broad phasing and approximate costs. 5 2 What is meant by ‘Infrastructure’? 2.1 Infrastructure is a commonly used word, often linked to specific types of infrastructure such as green infrastructure, soft or hard infrastructure, strategic infrastructure and community infrastructure. Looking towards a formal definition, Section 216 of the Planning Act 20082 provides a definition of infrastructure including a list of examples which are not intended to be comprehensive. 2.2 This definition therefore includes, but is not restricted to: Transport – Road, cycle / pedestrian facilities, rail, bus, travel management, waterways, port, car parking; Energy – Electricity and gas generation and provision; Water and Drainage – Water supply, waste water, drainage, flood defences; Waste Collection & Disposal; ICT Broadband and Wireless; Open Space – Including, for example parks, children’s play areas, sports pitches and courts, country parks & accessible natural green space; Education – Nursery and pre-school; primary, secondary; further education, higher education; Health – Hospitals; health centres/GP surgeries; public health and prevention; Community Services – Libraries, community centres, youth, social services/over-50s/support, police, fire & rescue, ambulance, cemeteries and crematoria, courts, prisons, hostels, places of worship, post offices, children’s centres; special needs and disability; Culture & Leisure – Museum/galleries, theatres / venues, cinemas, sports centres, swimming pools, events, festivals and town centre programmes, markets. Items excluded from definition – 2 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/216 6 2.3 Affordable
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